CVE-2023-21989

MediumCVSS 6.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.44 and Prior to 7.0.8. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Oracle Corporation	VM VirtualBox	< 6.1.44; < 7.0.8

References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2023.htmlVendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2023.htmlVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 18, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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